Re: J. Allen Hynek

: : "... Steven Spielber's close Encounters of the Third Kind,
which also drew heavily on the services of a *renowned extra-cinematic
"expert" - professional urologist J. Allen Hynek * - and hose release
in 1978 was greeted with scarcely less awe than one would expect
should a real UFO land next to the United Nations headquarters and
begin dictating revelations to the General Assembly."

: : I know Allen Hynek was a kind of advisor in the UFO subject,
but I don't understand this urologist thing about him. Is it a kind
of a joke? as far as I know He studied Astronomy.

: : by Extra-cinematic, does he mean outside the world of cinema?

: : most grateful as always
: : Miri

: I suspect 'urologist' is a typographical error that should read
'ufologist': UFO-logist, a(n) UFO expert. I haven't heard 'Extra-cinematic'
before. Your interpretation seems to me to be correct.

I fully agree. If that's not a genuine typo, the I suspect someone
may be taking the piss.